HR 875 The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 has gotten considerable attention lately and that is a very good thing, people should be concerned about food safety and more specifically how their ...

Well, March Madness is now over. Well, March Madness is now over. Every year around this time, there's a disturbing report or two highlighting the low graduation rates of Afr ...

Today the world is remembering Rwanda and the genocide that started there 15 years ago. Today the world is remembering Rwanda and the genocide that started there 15 years ago. As ...

The realities of global poverty are very stark. The realities of global poverty are very stark. About a billion people around the world - one in six - are now considered chronical ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>Scanning the headlines recently, the following caught my attention: "Walgreens giving free ...

Rose Marie Berger Jeannie Choi Best Product On a trip to Ma ...

It would have been the last thing they expected. They thought this was their chance to discredit him on a point of law they thought was safe ground. It would have been the last t ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Not long ago, those who demonized government and preached the go ...

The clock is ticking for thousands of Liberian immigrants as the month of March draws to a close. The clock is ticking for thousands of Liberian immigrants as the month of March d ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> On Sunday I joined the Dean of the National Cathedral, Samuel T. ...

<blockquote><p>"Without justice, what are kingdoms but bands of robbers?"<br /> "Without justice, what are kingdoms but bands of robbers?" ...

An <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-buying-black-09-mar09,0,5889126.story">article</a> in the <em>Chicago Tribune</em> caught my attention this week. ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>Last Friday, I met a vice president for the insurance giant AIG. While I try to be a gracious p ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> In 1956, a few hundred Catholic teachers and catechists gathered ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> I just watched President Obama's Indiana speech and town ha ...

Last week, I read this quote by John Piper: "...the weeping of the saints at the loss of precious souls is, paradoxically, the weeping of joy in God." I believe that is what God wants for me and fo ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Debate is flying about the proposed economic stimulus package, w ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>In a plenary session titled "The Values behind Market Capitalism" yesterday at the Wor ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> At the opening reception for the World Economic Forum at Davos, ...

In 2003, <a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=about_us.reunification">Call to Renewal</a> was deeply engaged in working to have a refundable child tax credit included in that yea ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/my-advent-calendar"></a></p> <p>Following on the theme of the last two windows, Dec. 12 on the Advent calendar opened to a picture o ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>This week <a href="http://www.autonews.com/assets/PDF/CA59166128.PDF">GM printed ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> My hometown of Detroit was on the front pages of the New ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Last year, America spent $700 billion on oil imported from the M ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> All the ruckus on Wall Street has created an incredible moment f ...

<p align="left"><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Everyone has heard the famous phrase, att ...

Rose Marie Berger • Olive Branch. In April, 120 former Israel Defense Force soldiers and Palestinian militants publicly launched “Combatan ...

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Rose Marie Berger Brian Bolton Shareholder Values Faith is influencing the actions of shareholders, a ...

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David Batstone An interview with The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick. Anita Roddick was the founder and chief ...

Rose Marie Berger Jodi Hochstedler The Archbishop of Canterbury, in his annual New Year ...

Julie Polter You can't go home again—there aren't any jobs there anymore. I don't think it' ...

Holly Lebowitz Rossi Some of the wealthiest people in America are seeking justice instead of tax shelters. It ...

Holly Lebowitz Rossi While initially costing a company more in wages, a living wage stimulates an "upward spiral" of indirect be ...

Julie Polter NAME: Roger Rath AGE: 51 OCCUPATION/VOCATION: Investment advisor and senior vice president at a Baltimore-area brokerage and ...

Jim Rice The Broetjes had a crazy idea—to treat their workers like people. When Ralph Broetje was 15, he had ...

Jeffrey L. Seglin (And Why Being Good is Good for Business). In a recent front-page article in The Wall Str ...

Jeffrey L. Seglin The body of literature on business ethics is growing rapidly. Here are some resources that treat the subject soundly wit ...

Jeffrey L. Seglin A growing number of Web sites focus on business ethics. Inc. Online’s Ethics Corner features links to articles on busine ...

Laura L. Nash As the old moral infrastructure crumbles, will faith take its place? Gabriel’s horn signaling th ...

Laura L. Nash Jack Feldbaile, CEO of a large firm, describes a business decision that he feels highlights the tensions he faced as a Chris ...

Ruth Rosenbaum Many corporations in the global marketplace have severed their social contract with workers and local communities. ...

Ruth Rosenbaum Participants in conversations about corporate responsibility and wages often use the same words to mean entirely different ...

Elizabeth Newberry Judy Wicks sees her restaurant, the White Dog Cafe in Philadelphia, as an experiment in bringing business and social re ...

David Batstone Ten principles for saving a corporate soul---and (who knows?) maybe your own. The venture capit ...

Ryan Beiler Founded by a handful of Oklahoma farmers in 1903, family-owned First Bethany Bank & Trust recalls some of the finest tradi ...

Julienne Gage Aaron McCarroll Gallegos (Between the Lines, Business, Departments) Business ...

Rachel Johnson Lois Jemtegard wanted to sell a portion of her land along the breathtaking Columbia River Gorge, a national scenic area. In ...

Rachel Johnson Aaron McCarroll Gallegos A recent article in The New York Times reporte ...